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Russia Selects 775 MW Solar PV Capacity in Latest RE Auction

Russian trading system administrator JSC ATS has announced the results of renewable energy auction that came to a close on September 9, 2021. A total of 774.8 MW (rounded up to 775 MW) solar PV capacity has made the cut. The capacity of 18 winning solar power projects ranges between 8.47 MW to 60 MW, with […]

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Russian Scientists Develop New Desalination Tech Using Solar Energy

Russia’s Ural Federal University (UrFU) power engineers have developed a new desalination technology, which is expected to significantly reduce the cost of desalination and quadruple the volume of production. The results of the research are published in the journal Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. Desalination plants deserve, and have attracted research efforts because of their […]

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Russian Yandex Signs 5-year Wind PPA with Finnish Ilmatar Energy

Yandex, a Russian internet company, has signed a 5-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for wind energy with Finnish renewable energy company Ilmatar Energy. Under the contract, Yandex will source renewable electricity from wind farms operated by Ilmatar to cover 100% of the energy needs for the company’s Mäntsälä data center in Finland. Delivery of renewable […]

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IKEA’s First Investment in Russia’s Solar Projects Covers 160 MW

Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer, has announced that its investment arm, Ingka Investments, will fund 160 MW of solar projects, worth $272 million, in south-west Russia, so as to accelerate its investment in renewable energy. The Netherlands-based company has signed an agreement with Solar Systems, LLC, to acquire a 49% stake in its eight […]

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Russia To Go With Domestically Sourced HJT Modules for Largest Solar Project

Russia, a laggard among major economies when it comes to solar adoption, will be using HJT (Heterojunction) solar panels from domestic firm Hevel Solar for its largest solar plant. Hevel Group with its factory in Novocheboksarsk, Russia produces 340 MW of HJT solar modules per year, after a recent capacity expansion. The firm claims to […]

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Vestas Bags Turbine Orders Worth 367 MW in Russia and China

Vestas has announced that it has received multiple orders from Russia and China for wind turbines worth 367 MW for various projects. Vestas, the leading global supplier of wind turbines, has announced that it has received multiple orders from Russia and China for wind turbines worth 367 MW for various projects. The first order the […]

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Midsummer Gets Production Line Order from Rusnano Group to Tap Russian Solar Market

Swedish solar energy technology solutions provider Midsummer has secured solar cell production line order from Rusnano Group, the Russian government-owned technology giant. This is the first order, which the company has bagged under the framework agreement it signed with Rusnano Group in September last year. Rusnano Group has aimed to develop the non-silicon flexible photovoltaics (PV) market […]

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Rosatom’s 1st and Russia’s Largest Wind Farm Begins Supplying Electricity

The largest wind farm in Russia has begun supplying electric power and capacity to the Wholesale Electricity and Capacity Market The largest wind farm in Russia has begun supplying electric power and capacity to the Wholesale Electricity and Capacity Market. The Adygea Wind Warm is the first completed project of NovaWind JSC (the ROSATOM division […]

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Vestas Secures 252 MW Turbine Order for 3 Wind Energy Projects in Russia

Vestas has been awarded an order for 252 MW for three wind energy projects in Russia from WEDF. The projects will comprise of 60 wind turbines. Vestas has announced that it has been awarded an order for 252 MW for three wind energy projects in Russia from WEDF (Wind Energy Development Fund), a joint investment […]

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